How your support has made a difference in 2019 As 2019 draws to a close, we’ve been looking back on what we’ve achieved over the last year. Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve been able to reach more young people than ever before to make sure they get the best possible mental health support and have…
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Rachel experienced anxiety and depression throughout her pregnancy and after her baby was born. Read her story to understand just how important it is that mums and their partners receive the right support for their mental health.
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Mental health services for children and young people We launched our survey to gather experiences of mental health services in October. So far we’ve had 152 responses: 53 from Newcastle residents and 89 from Gateshead residents. Most responses have been from parents and carers. We’d like to hear from more people in Newcastle — particularly…
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Info re NTAS II, in the Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend – open Tuesdays and Thursdays – below. This project is funded and supported by NHS North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group 😀 just a little announcement… We’ve officially launched! Last Saturday we cut the red ribbon on our satellite studio space in Wallsend’s Forum Shopping Centre. Thank you to everyone…
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Choose talk, change lives. On Thursday 6 February 2020, we need your help to get the nation talking about mental health. This Time to Talk Day we want to encourage more conversations than ever before, so that we can bust myths and break down barriers – helping to end the isolation, shame and worthlessness that…
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With a general election on 12 December, we want to make sure that the voices of people severely affected by mental illness are heard. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be campaigning to make sure that the next government addresses the key issues faced by people living with mental illness and their carers. Right now, we…
Read More We’ve put your signatures in our politicians’ hands This morning, our amazing Activists – along with artist Alison Lapper and our Chief Executive Emma Thomas – have handed in our #ActEarly petition, which has received over 70,000 signatures, to all leading political parties in England. We want to make sure that whoever forms the next government makes…
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Welcome to the HEADS&TALES Newsletter POP UP EXHIBITION Heads & Tales, Mental Health Heritage Project 2nd – 31st October @ Newcastle City Library Showcasing a small but complex and diverse collection of items, information, audio and artworks from a new mental health archive for the North East. Exploring, challenging and rebalancing representation of mental health through lived experience. HEADS…
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New research from Mental Health Foundation has found that millions of adults in the UK are struggling with concerns about their body image. One in eight of the 4,500 people surveyed experienced suicidal thoughts. Read more here.
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The second of VODA’s SAINT project’s Little Free Libraries is now in place outside Meadow Well Connected, in the Meadow Well Estate North Shields. The library has been lovingly constructed by volunteers from VODA’s SAINT project and from Meadow Well Connected. The volunteers have also learnt a range of carpentry and construction skills in the…
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